Discussing AI Ethics in Japan

This past Monday, April 2nd, the Artificial Intelligence World Society hosted an AIWS Round Table in Tokyo, Japan. The core theme was AIWS’s 7-layer framework. Boston Global Forum and AIWS were represented by CEO Tuan Nguyen. They were joined by representatives of top Japanese AI companies and the Japanese government.

Among those in attendance:

Dr. Kazuo Yano, Corporate Chief Scientist at Hitachi, Ltd. and a world-renowned artificial intelligence researcher. Dr. Yano has applied for over 350 patents and has been cited in over 2,500 papers.

Dr. Masahiro Fukuhara, CEO of the Institution for a Global Society

Ambassador Shinji Yanai, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S

Professor Koichi Hamada, Yale University and Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe